St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-12
\ ZIG COURT GRIST.
Real Estate transactions That
Need Leoa, Adjustment


Tie jury cases to be tried before
Judge Wilkin, set for to-day, are:
No 6l-Schmidt Il Huna vs.. Hough &
Gear ct al.
No Siam WILLIAMSON VS.. j. b. Power and
Addison Il. Foster.
No. ss-Bruno Beauprc ct al. VS.. NJ. F,
No 14S-Caroline Haensler VS.. John
Haensler.
No. l59-St. Croix Lumber, Company VS..
James DeSjardin.
The court eases to be tried before
Judge Brill are:
No. 126-William Thompson VS.. Godfrey
Heimbach.
No. 224-James Brodie VS.. Peter Bowling
ct al
No. 244-Charles PetSch ct al VS.. Constan-
tine Roberts ct al.
Yesterdays BUSINESS.
Most of the litigation begun in the
district court yesterday was over real
estate. Two suits were commenced by
the Academy of the Sisters of St.JoSeph
to settle the title to some unoccupied
property in West st. Paul. The first
was against William L. Horsnell and
Martha Sweeny to quiet title to lot 4,
block 5, Sweeny'S addition, and the
second against Mr.. HorSnell alone, to
settle controversy over the title to lots
9, and II, block 8, of the same addition.
The claims of the defendants in both
eases are based upon tax titles and as
SeSSment deeds.
Lawrence Flynn and Nicholas Martin
also brought an action against Mr.. HorS-
nell to quiet the title to lots 3, :, Z, 9and
IL, block S, of the same addition.
MeSSer Bros. commission merchants
at 452 jackson street, assigned yeSter-
day to James f. Dilley. The amount of
their Indebtedness is not yet given, but
the assignment results from an attach
ment against them 10y John Powers in a
recent suit.
John Kranz has begun action against
the unknown heirs Of Philip Goldsmith,
deceased, to quiet title to lots s, 8, 10
and II, Rice Street garden lots.
Suit for divorce was begun yesterday
by Thomas u. Humphrey against his
wife, Lizzie NJ. Humphrey. They were
married at Hastings in July, 1883. MT.
Humphrey alleges that his wife deserted
him Feb. 1, 1884, and has been away
ever since. He is y years old, and she
is %. They have no children to fight
over.
Judge Brill gave a decision in the
case of Helen NJ. Messenger VS.. Angus
tuS II. HornSby yesterday. The parties
were mutually interested as agents in
selling the Heimback property. Mr..
Hornsby sold the land, got commission
OF $1,000 and failed to turn anything
over to the plaintiff, his co-agent. Ac-
cordingiy Judge Brill finds $500 in favor
of plaintiff.
The eases of Ruth A. Ingalls, VS.. Pat
rick NJ. HenneSy ct al, and Robert y.
Hunter VS.. Benjamin b. Cox ct al,
were continued by Judge Wilkin until
next term.
Arguments in the case of Sarah Wulff
VS.. City of st. Paul were submitted to
Judge Kelley. The boundary line of
lot belonging to the plaintiff is in con-
trOYerSy.
Anthony G0erg has sued Adolph Wulff
to recover S400 on promSSory note.
The two appeals OF May I. Dayton ct
al. against the award of the commission
ers Of the Chicago, Burlington 81 North
ern railway for right of way through
their property were dismissed by Judge
Wllkin the appellants not appearing.
In the two appeals of May /. Dayton
alone, however, counsel for the railroad
company submitted the awards to the
jury, who i'll the former case awarded
her Si53.S5, and in the latter SS53. 80.
Attorney D Brlen appeared for Charles
W.. Kent, the lawyer, who is charged
with the miSappropriation OF $3.50 which
he received for client, and filed q de-
murrer to the indictment. Judge Wilkin
continued the case ten days
Clerk OCOnnOr yesterday appointed
). NJ. Redding a deputy clerk OF the dis
trict court
SUPREME COURT.
Lydia y. Wilson VS.. The Winona g. st.
Peter Railway company; argued and sub
mitted.
Elizabeth B. Kerr ct al vs. Sylvester Kipp
ct al. same
Sarah E. Merrill ct al. vs. Ressler e. Choate;
same